Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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The main tradition of Lebor Gabála gives the Gaels ' Scythian origin primacy ( see Scowcroft , 1988 , pp . 7–12 ) , interesting in light of the Scythian origins of the Picts described by Bede ( on which see Mac Eoin , 1964 , pp .
The main tradition of Lebor Gabála gives the Gaels ' Scythian origin primacy ( see Scowcroft , 1988 , pp . 7–12 ) , interesting in light of the Scythian origins of the Picts described by Bede ( on which see Mac Eoin , 1964 , pp .
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... and so on.65 It is interesting that references to the Earldom of Ross , which was forfeited to the Scottish crown in 1476 , continued to be made in the poems for the Antrim Mac Domhnaills composed in the late sixteenth century ...
... and so on.65 It is interesting that references to the Earldom of Ross , which was forfeited to the Scottish crown in 1476 , continued to be made in the poems for the Antrim Mac Domhnaills composed in the late sixteenth century ...
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R. A. Breatnach was not aware of this manu- script when he made his edition , and so I include in Appendix 1 a transcription of the verses contained there , which , however , present no very interesting variants .
R. A. Breatnach was not aware of this manu- script when he made his edition , and so I include in Appendix 1 a transcription of the verses contained there , which , however , present no very interesting variants .
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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